3D Artist No. 129

Gracing our cover this issue is Jonathan Ching’s melancholic, futuristic android, Eve. Follow the freelance concept artist’s in-depth tutorial, that uses ZBrush and KeyShot, to discover new techniques and more efficient workflows, on page 48. You can check out how Satoshi Arakawa’s real-time render Scarf Girl was created using Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Marmoset Toolbag 3 and Photoshop, in the artist’s step-by-step tutorial on page 56. Elsewhere, we go behind the scenes of Alita: Battle Angel, the US cyberpunk action film based on Yukito Kishiro’s manga. We talk to producer Jon Landau and director Robert Rodriguez, and the Weta Digital team about the challenges of bringing the photoreal character to life. Also this issue, we’ve assembled four masters of abstract CG design to share their advice and experience, so that…

Gracing our cover this issue is Jonathan Ching’s melancholic, futuristic android, Eve. Follow the freelance concept artist’s in-depth tutorial, that uses ZBrush and KeyShot, to discover new techniques and more efficient workflows, on page 48. You can check out how Satoshi Arakawa’s real-time render Scarf Girl was created using Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Marmoset Toolbag 3 and Photoshop, in the artist’s step-by-step tutorial on page 56. Elsewhere, we go behind the scenes of Alita: Battle Angel, the US cyberpunk action film based on Yukito Kishiro’s manga. We talk to producer Jon Landau and director Robert Rodriguez, and the Weta Digital team about the challenges of bringing the photoreal character to life. Also this issue, we’ve assembled four masters of abstract CG design to share their advice and experience, so that you can…

JONATHAN CHING jonathanching.com Jonathan’s android concept Eve graces our cover this month. You can follow Jonathan’s in-depth tutorial using ZBrush and KeyShot to create this sci-fi figure yourself. Turn to page 48. 3DArtist username jyching SATOSHI ARAKAWA artstation.com/sarakawa.com Satoshi is a character artist at Amazon Games. His training will show you how to sculpt in ZBrush and use PBR materials in real time, to give the render a soft look. See page 56. 3DArtist username ThreeDelite JONAS DICHELLE jonasdichelle.com Jonas has been working with Blender for over ten years. Follow his tutorial on how to create complex fractal geometry in Blender EEVEE using mathematical nodes. See page 62. 3DArtist username JonasDichelle JOSH PARKS compositingpro.com Compositor Josh works at Bluebolt, previously having worked at companies such as DNEG, MPC and ILM. On page 68, he shows you how to fix green-screen keyed edges in Nuke. 3DArtist…

JONATHAN CHING jonathanching.com Jonathan’s android concept Eve graces our cover this month. You can follow Jonathan’s in-depth tutorial using ZBrush and KeyShot to create this sci-fi figure yourself. Turn to page 48. 3DArtist username jyching SATOSHI ARAKAWA artstation.com/sarakawa.com Satoshi is a character artist at Amazon Games. His training will show you how to sculpt in ZBrush and use PBR materials in real time, to give the render a soft look. See page 56. 3DArtist username ThreeDelite JONAS DICHELLE jonasdichelle.com Jonas has been working with Blender for over ten years. Follow his tutorial on how to create complex fractal geometry in Blender EEVEE using mathematical nodes. See page 62. 3DArtist username JonasDichelle JOSH PARKS compositingpro.com Compositor Josh works at Bluebolt, previously having worked at companies such as DNEG, MPC and ILM.…

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